Cleaning and polishing implement.



H. A. HAYDEN.

CLEANING AND POLISHING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION man MAY12.1915.

1,1 79,9 1 8 v Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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I/VVE/VTORI ATTORNEY THE COLUMBIA PLANOflD-Ai'fl c0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

HENRY A, HAYDEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLEANING AND POLISHING IMPLEMENT.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaningand Polishing Implements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to the provision of a novel rubbing,scrubbing or wiping implement. Each of the embodiments thereof hereindisclosed, being primarily designed for cleaning windows, includes es-'sentially, first, a compressible and preferably only partially anchoredmass of working material, second, a clutching or gripping andrigidifying member therefor, adapted not only to be effectively handledas the result of manually directly grasping the same but also adapted tocarry a conformation or means for cooperation with a detachable andpreferably elongated handle, and third, a means or a plurality of meansfunctioning in a novel and valuable manner to anchor firmly andpredeterminedly within said member said mass even though the last, aswould in certain cases be preferable, consists of a collection ofwastematerial, as cotton waste, chamois scrap or the like. i

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than thosestated above, together withthe advantages inherent, will be in partobvious and in part specifically referred to in. the course of thefollowing description of the elements, combinations, arrangements ofparts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and thescope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims. i

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, which is to be taken as apart of th s specification and wherein is shown a type of cleaningimplement coming within the scope of the invention, as well as other s1milay types: Figure 1 is a View in perspective, showing one of theembodiments. ofthe in- ,vention as at present preferred; Fig. 2 is avertical sectional View, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view, partially broken away, taken onthe line 3-3of Fig. 2; Fig. 4t isa view similar to Fig; 3, but taken on the line 4&of Fig.

2; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view hereinafter expla ned; Flg. 61s aview slmilar to Fig. 1, but partially broken away, showing Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed May 12, 1915. Serial No. 27,497.

another of the embodiments of the invention as at present preferred;Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, but of still another of suchembodiments; and Fig. Sis a view similar to Fig. 6, but of still anotherof such embodiments.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Referring now particularly to the details of construction shown in Figs.1 to 5 inclu.

sive, the reference numeral 9 represents a unitary sheet of material,preferably thick sheet metal, conformed as indicated.

Nested in the upper portion of the conformed sheet, which last mayhereinafter be referred to as the rigidifying member 9,

are a pair of substantially similar, side- Figs. 2 and 4.

Rigidifying member 9 and wall-members 10 are bonded together by means ofthe rivets 13. And said members are apertured V as shown clearly in Fig.4: (how many of such apertures are preferably present being indicated bythe showing of Fig. 1), so that the selected plurality of substantiallyW- shaped staples 1 (there being present here three thereof) may beapplied as shown in "Figs. 1 and 4, the inner legs of the W passingbodily transversely of the mass and the outer legs of the W beingfinally inbent to become harmlessly projecting within, and additionallyanchorably inserted within, said mass; from which it will instantly beseen, that while said staples not only securely embed the mass withinits rigidifying member 9 but also serve as strut-pieces to lend strengthto the rigidifying structure itself, thepresence of said staples will inno manner bring about a marring result upon the surface cleaned,especially since the: portion of the mass which predeterminedlyprotrudesbelow member 9 is fluffed or spread out beyond the confines of said,

just partially described, but also with the other embodiments shown inthe drawing, attention is called to the fact that obviously theembodiment of Fig. 1, on account of its exceptionally sturdy andenduring nature, is exceptionally well-qualified to be used as afloor-scrubbing brush having many new and novel advantages. I havetested such embodiment for this purpose, and have found,especially'withthe mass 11 constituted of a collection of sponge scrap,which scrap also heretofore has had no real or important uses, that saidembodiment has been remarkably eflicient and, comparatively speaking,indestructible,

F ig..5 shows how said mass 11 may preliminarily be given that cohesioninto a single group (as in Figs. 6, 7 and 8) or into a pair of groups(as in Fig. 1), necessary or desirable from the standpoint of themaximum ease of assembly and final efficiency of construction andoperation. A plurality of rough sub-collections 11 are, to this end,joined together by means preferably of a flexible wire 15, asillustrated in said Fig. 5. The presence of this wire, in connectionwith the embodiment above-described, is indicated at 15 in Fig. 1.

Member 9, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 2, has two portions 9 thereofpunched inwardly to establish the oppositely located apertures 16. Andthese portions or lugs 9 serve two important functions, to wit, (a) theycooperate with ledges 9 to prevent portions of the mass 11 from enteringthe space above said lugs or portions 9, and (b) they establishretaining elements, perhaps auxiliary to others obviously employable,for the quarter-dowels 17. As to the dowels last-mentioned, each ofthem, as indicated from the broken-line showing of the adjacent one inFig. 1, isarranged overlappingly ofan aperture 16; and each of them, asshown in Fig. 2, is provided with a well 17* that, when its dowel isanchored or secured in .place, has its open top registering ivith theaperture which said dowel overaps.

Examine now particularly Fig. 6. The reference numeral 9 here againrepresents a unitary sheet-metal rigidifying member, but of slightly adifferent conformation than that shown in Fig. 1. There are alsopresenta mass of suitable material 11, a plurality of bonding andadditionally rigidifying rivets 13, and a plurality of W-shaped staples14. A pair of transversely registering apertures 16 (similar toapertures 16 of ure, of the three groups of masses 11 (since theseembodiments particularly are intended primarily for window cleaning) oneof said masses would preferably consist of spongescrap, for cleaning,another would consist of cotton-waste, for wiping and drying, and theother would consist of chamois-scrap, for final drying and polishing. Itwill be noted that in the embodiments being discussed in this paragrapha plurality of rivets 13, a plurality of W-shaped staples 14, and aplurality of registering pairs of apertures 16 are shown aspreferablypresent.

As to the application of auxiliary handle to any of'these embodiments ofthis invention, each of them is of course intended to be used inconnection with such a handle,- ahand le, too, 'that when it'isattached'to either of the present embodiments is pivotally connectedtherewith (and in this connection attention is again directed to thepresence of the dowel-members aforesaid, so that a re-appreciation oftheir value and purpose may be had). The only feature of this handlewhich need be mentioned herein is the provision of a pair of protuberantmembers, or a single such member, which carries two end-portions orhook-lengths that are arranged in longitudinal alinement along a linepreferably perpendicular to the axis or line of extension of the handleproper by which such member or pair of members is carried, the free endsof these hook-lengths being directed toward each other andpredeterminedly spaced and preferablyresiliently movable toward or awayfrom each other. These hook-lengths are intended to be inserted withinthe apertures 16. And in accordance with the provisions of Rule 43 ofthe Rules of Practice in .the United States Patent Office, it is nowstated that said handle and its features as just described are morefully disclosed and claimed in my certain application for United StatesLetters Patent covering improvements in handles and now pending underSerial No. 27,496 (Series of 1915).

Inasmuch as manychanges could be made in the above construction, andmany apparently widely different embodiments could be made withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It isalso to be understood that the language used in the following claims isintended to cover all the generic and specific features of the inventionherein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which,as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described this invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. I11 a device of the kind described, in combination, a unitarytrough-like member having inpunched portions establishing inturnedshelves in opposite sides thereof and at the same time establishing apair ofapertures in said member which are alined transversely of thesaid member, and an anchored collection of scraps presenting a wearingsurface protuberant from said member and supported within said memberbetween said shelves and the open top of said member.

In a device of the kind described, in combination, a backing including apair of elongated side walls, an intermediate wall extending parallellywith said side walls, and a collection of scraps presenting a wearingsurface protuberant from the backing, each of said side walls carrying aseries of inturned edge serrations and certain of said walls havingstamped integrally therefrom clusters of nutmeg-grate? elements where bysaid serrations and said elements cooperate in restraining fromdisintegration said collection.

3. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a backingincluding a pair of elongated side walls, an intermediate wall extendingparallelly with said side walls, and a collection of scraps presenting awearing surface protuberant from the backing, said side walls havinginpunched portions establishing inturned shelves and at the same timeestablishing a pair of apertures in said backing which are alinedtransversely of the latter, and said shelves acting as bafiles toprevent scraps from overlapping said apertures.

4. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a backingincluding a pair of elongated side walls, an intermediate wall extendingparallelly with said side walls, a collection of scrap presenting awearing surface protuberant from the backing, said side walls havinginpunched portions establishing inturned shelves and at the same timeestablishing a pair of apertures in said backing which are alinedtransversely of the latter, and a plurality of stiffening rods locatedabove said collection one rod between said intermediate wall and oneside wall and the other rod between said intermediate wall and the otherside wall and each rod provided with a recess opening into one of saidapertures.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a longitudinalchannel member, a longitudinal collection of scraps anchored in saidchannel member, said collection including a plurality of alinedsubstantially columnar sub-collections, and a flexible wire wound aboutthe middle of each columnar sub'collection to establish the same and atthe same time to establish said sub-collection in the alinementaforesaid.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this6 day of January A. D. 1915.

HENRY A. HAYDEN. Witnesses:

H. BABCOCK, A. M. HENRY.

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